Hong Kong shuttler Angus Ng pulls out of Swiss Open

Hong Kong’s top badminton player Angus Ng has withdrawn from the Swiss Open having tested positive for coronavirus after arriving in Basel.

The 27-year-old was hoping to use this tournament to climb back into the world’s top ten. He had been seeded sixth.

That leaves world number 17 Lee Cheuk-yiu as Hong Kong’s only representative. He plays the Frenchman Toma Junior Popov in the first round.

There have been other Covid-related absences at the Swiss Open. Japan’s two-time world champion Kento Momota and Taiwan’s world number four Chou Tien-chen will not be competing. China’s team have also pulled out.